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12/13
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Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire (Hardcover) by Tara Nummedal bookshelves: currently-reading |
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read in December, 2007
Rachael said:
"Although I find Pamela Smith's writing to be more eloquent, Nummedal is a great storyteller and she earnestly seeks to articulate alchemy's place in early modern society.
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12/11
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Dialogues with Silence: Prayers & Drawings (Paperback) by Thomas Merton bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Rose
read in December, 2007
Rachael said:
"Beautiful and simple. This book of prayers with Merton's sketches is a delight to read in the early quiet morning moments.
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12/11
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The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution (Hardcover) by Pamela H. Smith bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Great Divorce (Paperback) by C.S. Lewis |
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Penguin Classics) by G.K. Chesterton |
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Rachael said:
"I love books that challenge you to look in a mirror upside down and then describe what you see.
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The Everlasting Man (Paperback) by G.K. Chesterton |
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read in January, 2003
Rachael said:
"Chesterton's articulation of Christ's impact on the world's topsy-turvy--in the power of an infant born in a cave to turn the world on it's head--is poetic and lasting. I loved this book.
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Four Quartets (Paperback) by T.S. Eliot bookshelves: well-loved-books |
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read in January, 2005
Rachael said:
"I love words, words that move you closer to "the still point of the turning world." These short quartets are beautiful and meditative.
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics) by Ernest Hemingway |
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The Old Man and the Sea (Scribner Classics) by Ernest Hemingway |
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read in July, 2006
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Garden of Eden (Paperback) by Ernest Hemingway bookshelves: little-known-gem |
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The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback) by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
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